Yeah they can print money, nixon took the US off of the gold standard to do just that(nixon shock),nothing to back it up,printing money is why things are so highly inflated now and why there is a trillion in interest alone on national debt in the US. I'm not sure what you mean by owners,who owns afghanistan? It's one of the poorest countries on the planet. 1 US dollar = 71 afghan dabs They might go back again because they have recently discovered massive mineral deposits.They can print money.
Drugs are used to destabilize Nations for infiltration and subversion.
The US pulled out of Afghanistan because its owners said so.